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THE LORD WITH THE INNKEEPER MUCIUS
[GGJ.11_001,01] …for there is only life in the truth, and therefore, to search for the truth is the only blissful activity that warms the heart of man and will more and more awaken the divine spirit that lives in him, while in laziness, in the lie and the unwillingness to search for the divine truth there is not only physical death but it is especially the cause that the soul will more and more be lost in material things. By that he will not only cause an early physical death but he will also make himself incapable to progress in the life in the beyond and search for his only salvation there.
[GGJ.11_001,02] If man would be left in his old superstition and be withheld from every better understanding, with the only purpose to let the servants of the old faith have a pleasant life as you think, then the deity, who wants to prevent such decline of life’s activity at all cost, will soon let the people come under the pressure of all kinds of plagues, so that they will wake up, come to personal understanding and will in this way gradually free them from the pressure and blindness that their so-called teachers brought upon them. But how those teachers will fare then, you can easily measure yourself. There will not be much love, for he who strews selfishness and lies will also not reap anything else but what will come out of such evil seed.
[GGJ.11_001,03] So you do bitter injustice to the people of Jerusalem if you believe that you are better off by keeping them within your old, meaningless regulations instead of urging them to listen to the words of that Galilean and to take an example on His deeds of love which are known now throughout Syria. However, your limitless pride and selfishness prevent you from recognizing Him who came to you already a long time ago in the fullness of His whole divinity, which I also did not recognize but who clearly revealed Himself to me now.”
[GGJ.11_001,04] The Pharisee was so surprised about these words of the innkeeper that he could not reply one word of objection, and with a few meaningless words he went back to his men who were standing at the door and carefully listened to the conversation.
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16] But the innkeeper came to Me and said with real loving, gentle good-heartedness: “Lord and Master, forgive me that I did not recognize You immediately because of my great blindness. But during the conversation with that Pharisee, everything became more and more clear to me who the One actually is who I accommodate in my ordinary house. You Yourself are that Galilean about whom the Pharisee talked about. But You are much more than only a great prophet, for I had the feeling that my heart was attracted to You more and more. Moreover, I constantly had Your image before my eyes although I was standing with my back towards You and it was like I was not the one who spoke but as if You spoke out of me. O, please tell me, dear Lord and Master, was it truly so?”
[GGJ.11_001,06] I answered the innkeeper: “Yes, it was indeed so. Not you, but I spoke through you, and I could do that very easily because a great flame of love burns in your heart for Me, which also attracted Me to your house.
[GGJ.11_001,07] And so it will always be: I will only move in where the heart is burning out of love for Me, and I will then also take residence in that heart as in a house that is most pleasing to Me.
[GGJ.11_001,08] You always wanted to hear about the deeds of the Galilean, and you soon discovered that behind those deeds there is more than only the miracle power of a prophet or great man. So you sincerely wished that I would take up accommodation with you in order to see for yourself what kind of person I actually am. By that you always attached more importance to what I taught than to My miracles, for its truth became soon very clear to you. And see, in this way you were really prepared for My coming and it was easy to work with you because once I entered your house, the spirit was moving at once and revealed you clearly what will still remain an eternally long hidden secret for many Jews here.
[GGJ.11_001,09] But let us rest now, for I do not want those Pharisees and businessmen, who were very surprised about your words, to come to us tonight and start a conversation. We will have enough trouble with them tomorrow. So let us delay everything till tomorrow.”
[GGJ.11_001,10] After these words of Mine, the innkeeper thanked Me once again with a loud voice for all the good deeds that were shown. But I admonished him and said that his hidden thanks in his heart were much more pleasing to Me. Then he silenced and brought us to another room, so that we would not be troubled by the Pharisees and businessmen who already started a loud conversation. So we spend the night there completely undisturbed.